Handy cultivator and poultry house tips from a West Virginia farmer
A farmer shares plans for a versatile cultivator or harrow with a 34% foot frame and adjustable width, plus notes on building poultry houses facing southeast for winter sun. Advice covers window sizing, burlap covers, cement floors, and maintaining warmth in cold months. Additional guidance urges proper horse care, pasture use, rest, and feeding aligned with work demands.
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West Virginia
Feeding Rack From a Barrel Aids Livestock Care
An old farmer’s method uses a cut barrel as a simple hay rack to feed sheep or calves with minimal waste. Holes in the staves allow the animals to reach roughage while the top remains open. The setup is stake‑secured and illustrated in the source. The piece also notes peanuts as a hay source and mentions Virginia ham flavor from peanut feed.
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Indianapolis News
Feed Bags and Dairy Train Highlight Rural Innovation
A Philadelphia inventor’s versatile feed bag design allows horses to move freely while feeding, with collapsible top frames and side hooks for secure attachment. The piece also notes a dairy train by a creamery company visiting northwestern Missouri and southwestern Iowa, offering dairy equipment demonstrations and talks to farmers.
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Philadelphia
Missouri
Iowa
Hauling Sled Attachment Described for Team Work
A historical instruction describes building a hauling sled using two scantlings 24 by 4 inches and 10 feet long, fitted under a sled bench with a notch, nailed to a top board, with a boom pole and rear rope, two 4 foot high front standards, enabling a single man to haul more efficiently and detach when desired.
Keeping Hogs Healthy Pays Dividends for Farmers
The piece argues hogs are money makers and warns against low standards of care. It emphasizes that swine thrive under proper treatment and management, not neglect, and that investing time and money in hog health yields greater profits.
Pelling Confronts Jack Over Broken Engagement and Love
In a tense confrontation, Pelling reveals his love for Ethel Mallett and questions whether Jack’s infatuation with Pauline caused the rift with Ethel. Jack, moved and ashamed, confronts the ethics of interference and seeks truth about their failed engagement.
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Pelling Unmasks Rumors In Yardley Affair
The tale of Pauline and the missing husband ends as Pelling, with his lawyer, prints a concise factual statement for two papers. Ethel reveals she is Pauline’s cousin and introduces Sir Geoffrey Malling as her father’s true name, resolving the family mystery.
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Africa
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Population distribution and urban centers in the Philippines
The density is 67 per square mile. Most people live near coasts, with about half in two inland Luzon valleys. Inland farming towns hold one seventh of civilized residents while interior wild groups are confined. The archipelago has 18,400 barrios averaging 500 people. four towns exceed 10,000 and 35 exceed 5,000. Manila is the sole incorporated city with 219,928 inhabitants.
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Did You Board There Once Aboard at Mrs Gadfly’s
A fragment from Philadelphia papers presents a quick dialogue about boarding with Mrs Gadfly’s. A thin man asks Brightman if he still boards there, and Brightman answers curtly. Separate line shows a suitor pressing a claim with a girl who says her father may appear on the stairs.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Weather Forecasts Miss Dates, Prophet Says
A quip from the Washington Star quotes a prophet who can predict weather accurately but admits difficulty in hitting exact dates. The remark highlights the gap between forecasting conditions and pinpoint timing.
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Washington Star
Explorers Warn of Silence in Polar Regions
A breakfast table quip from the Atlanta Constitution imagines explorers warning about an awful silence in polar regions and jokes about bringing wives along. The remark reflects a playful tone on perilous exploration.
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Atlanta Constitution
Russian Revolutionist Trigoni to Visit After Release
Michael Nicolie vitch Trigoni, famed Russian revolutionary, will arrive in the country soon after being freed from Saghalien Island. He served 24 years in Peter and Paul Fortress and Saghalien for involvement in the assassination of Alexander II, and was closely linked to the Narodnaya Volya plot and leader Zheliabov.
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University of
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Winter Palace
Alexander II
Zheliabov
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Executive Committee
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Russia
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Saghallen Island
Fig Dessert With Whipped Cream on Light Cake
Wash figs and simmer in water with sugar until tender. Cool on plate, then boil remaining liquid to a thick syrup and pour over figs. When cold, top with whipped cream and serve with light cake.
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